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A scheme to defraud insurance companies out of thousands of dollars by staging auto accidents has resulted in a conviction for a Modesto man, while other local men, including one from Turlock, are awaiting criminal charges for the same scheme.

The Turlock Police Department's August crime analyst numbers show a drop in some of the calls to the police department for the month, but Acting Police Chief Nino Amirfar cautioned the numbers don't necessarily reflect an actual drop in crime.

A Turlock elementary school was placed on a brief lockdown Thursday afternoon after a man ran into a home and was confronted by an armed resident who proceeded to chase and detain the suspect in the neighborhood.

The Turlock man who was behind the wheel in a drunk driving collision that claimed the lives of a young boy, his mother and grandmother while out for a stroll, has agreed to a plea deal that will send him to prison for the next two decades.